(Another AV8RSTUFF Creation): The 186th Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the MS ANG stationed at Meridian Regional Airport, MS (my hometown, by the way). The 153d Air Refueling Squadron, assigned to the Wing’s 186th Operations Group, was established on 18 August 1939 as the 153d Observation Squadron, one of the 29 National Guard observation squadrons formed before World War II. The group was first organized in October 1962 as the 186th Tactical Reconnaissance Group. It served in the reconnaissance role until 1992, when it received Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers and converted to an air refueling mission. This patch was created by one of their own showing “SPONGEBOB” directing the “ground traffic” and does not come with velcro attached.
